Private Health Insurance (Tax Relief)

HC Deb 02 June 1997 vol 295 cc89-90W

Mr. Colvin

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the annual financial saving to the Exchequer from abolishing tax relief on private patient insurance schemes for the elderly. [1099]

Dawn Primarolo

The total tax relief on private medical insurance contracts for individuals aged 60 or over is estimated to be about £120 million in 1997–98.